| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:Cadherinsarecalcium-dependentcelladhesionproteins.Theypreferentiallyinteractwiththemselvesinahomophilicmannerinconnectingcells;cadherinsmaythuscontributetothesortingofheterogeneouscelltypes.CDH1isinvolvedinmechanismsregulatingcell-celladhesions,mobilityandproliferationofepithelialcells.Hasapotentinvasivesuppressorrole.Itisaligandforintegrinalpha-E/beta-7(bysimilarity).
  E-Cad/CTF2promotesnon-amyloidogenicdegradationofAbetaprecursors.HasastronginhibitoryeffectonAPPC99andC83production(bysimilarity).
  SUBUNITSTRUCTURE:Homodimer;disulfide-linked.Interactsdirectly,viathecytoplasmicdomain,withCTNNB1orJUPtoformthePSEN1/cadherin/cateninadhesioncomplexwhichconnectstotheactinskeletonthroughtheactinbindingofalpha-catenin.InteractionwithPSEN1,cleavesCDH1resultinginthedisassociationofcadherin-basedadherensjunctions(CAJs).InteractswithAJAP1,CTNND1andDLGAP5(bysimilarity).
  SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Celljunction.Cellmembrane;Single-passtypeImembraneprotein.Note:ColocalizeswithDLGAP5atsitesofcell-cellcontactinintestinalepithelialcells.AnchoredtoactinMICROFILamentsthroughassociationwithalpha-,beta-andgamma-catenin.Sequentialproteolysisinducedbyapoptosisorcalciuminflux,resultsintranslocationfromsitesofcell-cellcontacttothecytoplasm(bysimilarity).
  TISSUESPECIFICTY:Non-neuralepithelialtissues.
  DEVELOPMENTALSTAGE:Inthetestis,expressionishighestinfetalgonad,thendecreases5-foldinnewborn.Detectablein7-day-oldbutnotin21-day-oldoradult.
  SEQUENCESIMILARITIES:Contains5cadherindomains. |